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p j morgan Omega Knight Offline Posts: 1212 nottingham Gender: Drives: elite nissan qashqai rover 1.8	Re: still looking for new car!!, rover 75 ?? Reply #15 - 25. May 2009 at 01:31 i brought a rover 200 for the missis..its the 1.8 vi engine its very good on fuel it has half leather seats .i can not believe how fast it is! its done 62k 3 door hatch .never let us down cracking motor.
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webby23 Omega Baron Offline MV6 Posts: 2700 Nottingham Gender: Drives: Opel Omega 2.6 MV6	Re: still looking for new car!!, rover 75 ?? Reply #16 - 25. May 2009 at 07:46 theowletman wrote on 24. May 2009 at 21:06: Whatever you do, under no circumstances should you buy a petrol Rover 75. Diesel yes, petrol no. You have been warned. Sorry mate but that is your opinion......we had one for 17000 miles and it never missed a beat.......
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Holy Count Ex Member	Re: still looking for new car!!, rover 75 ?? Reply #17 - 25. May 2009 at 12:50 cam2502 wrote on 25. May 2009 at 00:38: Ive a mate whos got a 02 plate estate with the bmw diesel engine. He runs it as a taxi,had it 3 years and loves it. says hes never had a problem with it. nice interior as well. Not too keen on the shape of the 75 estate -- but I am a picky old sod
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Re: still looking for new car!!, rover 75 ??
Reply #18 - 25. May 2009 at 13:35

p j morgan wrote on 25. May 2009 at 01:31:

i brought a rover 200 for the missis..its the 1.8 vi engine its very good on fuel it has half leather seats .i can not believe how fast it is! its done 62k 3 door hatch .never let us down cracking motor. Thumbs Up!

It is likely the HG will fail soon. Good fast cars, let down by an engine that, during the BMW years, never got the development it required. Shame, as the HG problem was resolved quickly as soon as BMW were out of the way, and the engine (despite being 20yrs old) is a match for any other simialr engine on both power and emiissions.

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Re: still looking for new car!!, rover 75 ??
Reply #19 - 25. May 2009 at 22:56

Good confortable well made car so long as you avoid the 1.8 petrol engine as they have the typical K-series head gasket issues.
The BMW diesel is very refined but not that quick, while the v6s are rev hungry and thirsty but very smooth.
As for parts and service all I can say is it was bad when I had my 200 3 years ago! So I doubt its any better now, although ebay and such is places can help with the parts and an good independant or a haynes manual will probably do a better job then the rover dealerships ever did! Sad

Lots of modern electrical equipment in the 75 so check it all works too! Thumbs Up!

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